flagman

He was working as a flagman near Zabriskie Point, where road repairs require traffic control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022

“In the beginning,” said Denzel Matthys, the flock flagman, “they’d run inside the garden and destroy all the vegetables.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2016

After adjusting the cap pistol strapped to his hip, he took a whirling cut that brought to mind a finish-line flagman or a revolving lawn sprinkler.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2016

As War Admiral walked to the line alongside the flagman and starter Cassidy, Woolf worked to fray the Triple Crown winner’s famously delicate nerves.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023

If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022

In all cases above mentioned it shall be the first and immediate duty of conductors to see that flagmen obey this rule. i.

From Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention by Richards, R. C.

Now and then an excited tooting of whistles gave warning of a bigger blast as the flagmen checked the flow of traffic, indicating with arms upraised that the ground was "coming up."

From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Beach, Rex Ellingwood